Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear is one of the greatest coaches in MLS history because he keeps the focus on winning championships.

He doesn’t care about home unbeaten streaks. That’s not to say he wasn’t proud that the Dynamo tied Real Salt Lake’s 34-game unbeaten streak in all competitions on Saturday night with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes.

“I’m happy for the guys, but we still have 30 games left in the season that we have to concentrate on rather than talking about the streak,” Kinnear said. “Don’t get me wrong. It’s a wonderful accomplishment and I’m glad I’m part of the group that’s done it. But there’s still a lot of stuff to be thought about as well.”

In other words, Kinnear isn’t popping any champagne because the Dynamo are 3-1 after four games. After losing the last two MLS Cups, you can bet your home unbeaten streak “ring” that he’s much more focused on trying to win the franchise’s third MLS Cup and first since 2007.

Nobody builds a roster better for less in MLS than Kinnear, and this 2013 squad is stacked. Very few teams could have dominated their opponents on consecutive weeks while mixing in the lineups. Last week, they won without Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis and Jermaine Taylor. This week, with Davis, Garcia and Taylor back, they dominated a San Jose Earthquakes squad that had the best record in MLS last year.

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Kinnear has quietly built a deep, quality side that easily be back in contention if we continue our form. Our defense is solidifying with each match, and our midfield has basically owned almost every team we’ve faced in MLS. Owning the MLS record would be great, but I’m with Kinnear in that all these accolades and accomplishments are great, but at the end of the season I want to be hoisting the Cup.